Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives

Mobile learning or m-learning is essential for a wide range of learning opportunities. Using mobile app such as in the use of VocBlast, which contains ten (10) interesting games enables students at tertiary level to enhance and enrich their technical vocabulary. The specific objective of this study...

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Main Authors:	Zuraina, Ali, Mohd Amir Izuddin, Mohamad Ghazali
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2016
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	ump-137342018-02-12T03:35:57Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13734/ Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives Zuraina, Ali Mohd Amir Izuddin, Mohamad Ghazali LB2300 Higher Education Mobile learning or m-learning is essential for a wide range of learning opportunities. Using mobile app such as in the use of VocBlast, which contains ten (10) interesting games enables students at tertiary level to enhance and enrich their technical vocabulary. The specific objective of this study was to examine English language teachers’ views concerning the use of VocBlast in assisting students in Universiti Malaysia Pahang to learn technical vocabulary. This study employed a qualitative approach involving four language teachers as its samples. They were interviewed via e-mails, where the questions were uploaded in Google Docs. The interview data were analyzed thematically, and generated four (4) themes; hints given are useful for students, VocBlast enlivens students’ learning, VocBlast can serve as a supplementary learning material and VocBlast can act as indirect vocabulary learning tool. An implication of this is the possibility of integrating m-learning into teaching-learning pedagogy especially at tertiary level. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13734/1/Learning%20Technical%20Vocabulary%20through%20a%20Mobile%20App_Zuraina%20et.al.pdf Zuraina, Ali and Mohd Amir Izuddin, Mohamad Ghazali (2016) Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives. International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL), 4. 81-91. ISSN 2289-7208 (print); 2289-9294 (online) http://ijleal.ump.edu.my/images/volume4/IJLEAL004.ALI__MOHD_AMIR.pdf
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description	Mobile learning or m-learning is essential for a wide range of learning opportunities. Using mobile app such as in the use of VocBlast, which contains ten (10) interesting games enables students at tertiary level to enhance and enrich their technical vocabulary. The specific objective of this study was to examine English language teachers’ views concerning the use of VocBlast in assisting students in Universiti Malaysia Pahang to learn technical vocabulary. This study employed a qualitative approach involving four language teachers as its samples. They were interviewed via e-mails, where the questions were uploaded in Google Docs. The interview data were analyzed thematically, and generated four (4) themes; hints given are useful for students, VocBlast enlivens students’ learning, VocBlast can serve as a supplementary learning material and VocBlast can act as indirect vocabulary learning tool. An implication of this is the possibility of integrating m-learning into teaching-learning pedagogy especially at tertiary level.
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author	Zuraina, Ali Mohd Amir Izuddin, Mohamad Ghazali
author_facet	Zuraina, Ali Mohd Amir Izuddin, Mohamad Ghazali
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title	Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives
title_short	Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives
title_full	Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives
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title_sort	learning technical vocabulary through a mobile app: english language teachers’ perspectives
publisher	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate	2016
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Learning Technical Vocabulary through a Mobile App: English Language Teachers’ Perspectives

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